forestry sector has become, and the crisis it's facing as 25 mills have ceased operating this year, leaving more than 6,000 people out of work. His mill is an example of just how interconnected the B.C. We're trying to keep our people employed," he says. "We were running three shifts, then it got down to two shifts and now down to one. The problem is he's running out of raw material needed to keep the plant north of Prince George running. "We've got the best employees in the world," he says as he grabs a piece of scrap material off the production line.
Mill owner Pat Glazier isn't afraid to get his hands dirty, walking the shop floor and talking to workers. The pieces are then glued together to create two-by-fours and other lumber destined for markets in the United States. The wood tumbles onto a conveyor system where workers and robots grade it before sending it into whirling saw blades. It's a cacophony inside the East Fraser Fiber Mill in Mackenzie, B.C., as a giant metal turnstile spits out bits and pieces of lumber.
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